Southern California Junior Bach and Baroque Festival

Congratulations to the following Branch Winners who qualified to go to Regionals on May 10th: Jayson Bordges, Jayden Wong, Daryn Tarasewicz, Annie Zhang, Eric Mean, Rachel Yu, Claire Li, Rise Nishizaki, Julia Yu, Hannah Carrasco, Alicia Jiang, Celine Pham, Milan Sudhakar Khare.

Congrats also to the students who received Honorable Mention- Maxwell Wang and Lucas Zhang; and Branch Honorable Mention – Anna Magdalena Division: Advaith Emmela.

DATE: Saturday, March 29, 2025 – 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Location: Carlsbad City Library (Dove Library), 1775 Dove Ln, Carlsbad, CA 92011

Registration opens: January 12, 2025
Registration closes: March 2, 2025, parent payment due March 7, 2025

We will be having both the Baroque Festival and the Bach Festival this year.

BAROQUE FESTIVAL – DETAILS

Type of Event: Festival with written comments from three adjudicators. Students who participate in the Baroque Festival may play any original piece from memory by a composer from the Baroque period. These students will not be chosen to go on to Regionals. This is a great opportunity to have students learn Baroque pieces. Original sheet music is required to give to the judges.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA JUNIOR BACH FESTIVAL – DETAILS 

Type of Event: Competition. Three adjudicators select winners to perform in the Bach Regional Festival in May. This is an open audition in a recital format. Regional winners who perform works from the 2025 Complete Works list have the opportunity to compete at the Complete Works Auditions in the Fall.

Instruments: Piano

Registration: Go to the following website to create a new teacher account: scjbf.evensteps.com and pay the annual teacher fee of $25. Then you can add students to register them at this link: scjbf.evensteps.com 

Fee: $40 per student

Chair: Dana Burnett, dburnett6105@gmail.com

FESTIVAL RULES AND GUIDELINES: Go to www.scjbf.org for official rules and guidelines, including acceptable repertoire, judging procedures, and information regarding the Complete Works Audition.